Ice-velocipede



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. E. E. GO'ULD.

ICB VELOGIPEDE.

No. 508,011. Patented 110V. 7', 1893.

2 Sheets Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

E. E. GOULD.

1GB VELOGIPBDE.

Patented Nov. '7, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EARL E. GOULD, OF BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS.

ICE-VELOCIPEDE..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,11, dated November 7, 1893.

Application tiled July 29,1893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, EARL E. GOULD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Belvidere, in the county of Boone and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ice-Velocipedes, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to ice tri peds, provided with runners in lieu of wheels; and it consists of certain new and useful features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure l is an isometrical View of my improvement. Fig. 2 is an enlarged, detailed rear elevation of the same, having the back portion ofthe wheel-guard sectioned away. Fig. 3 is an enlarged, detailed view of parts for connecting the runners with the frame of the Velocipede. Fig. 4 is a view of devices also for connecting the runners with the velocipede frame. Fig. 5 is an enlarged, detailed View, of the parts illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, also showing their points and modes of attachment. Fig. 6 is a section, at the dotted line X-X in Fig. 3, of parts there shown. Fig. 7 is an enlarged, detailed view of a portion of the front runner and brake of the machine. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of afragment of the wheel-rim and a driving sprocket and the lower end of a spoke thereof. Fig. 9 is a section, at the dotted line X-X in Fig. 8, of parts there shown.

Like` letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A are the rear runners of the velocipede. A are bearings thereon.

B B are parts of the frame of the machine. B2 B3 and B4 are, respectively, a double clip and collars'fast thereto.

C C are connecting-rods, pivot-jointed, by their upper ends, to the collars B3 B4, on the part B', by means of lugs B5 B6 thereon and bolts C2 C3 inserted therethrough, and also pivot-jointed, by their lower ends, to the bearings A, on the runners A, by means of bolts C4, inserted through the jaws G5 and eyes C3 thereon.

D are sockets, having longitudinal slots D therein and pivot-jointed, by their upper ends,

a bearing I thereon.

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by means of the jaws D2 thereon and the bolts D3, to the lugs B7 on the clip B2.

E are rods, inserted into and adapted to be at freely slid in the sockets D, threaded their lower ends, and provided with lugs E projecting through the slots D in the socket D, to prevent the withdrawal of the former from the latter.

F are springs, coiled about the rods E and included endwise between the lower ends of the sockets D and the nuts F, which' serve both as bearings for, and to increase the action of, said springs.

G, Figs. 3, 4 and 6, are bearings having holes Gr G2 therein, theformer to enable the same to be'rigidly clamped against the parts C by means of the nut G3, and the latter-threaded interiorly-to receive and support the rods E and the parts supported thereby.

H are driving sprockets, secured to the halfround tire H', of the wheel H2, by means of screws H3.V After being provided with sprockets l-I, the tire H is in turn secured into the counterpart grooved rim H4 of the wheel H2.

I is the front runner of the machine, having The runner I is pivotallyconnected with the part I2, of the velocipede, by means of a bolt I3 passed through the same and the bearing I thereon.

J is a lever pivot-jointed by the hole J therein to the frame of the velocipede at J2.

J3 is a lever pivot-jointed, at J4, to the handle-bar J 5.

J3 is an arm connecting, by pivot`joints,the short armof the lever J2 with the hole 'J7` in the lever J.

K is a brake, connected to the lower rear portion of the runner I, by means of a pivot K.

K2 is a short arm, connected` by one end thereof with the rear portion of the runner I, by means of a pivot K3.

K4 is a short horizontal lever, secured by one end to the lever J, by means of a clamp K5.

Kis a connecting arm having pivotal connections, at K7 K3, with the free ends vof the short arm K2 and lever K4. v

K9 is a connecting-arm having pivotal connections, at K3 K10, with the free end 'of the short arm K2 and the brake K.

My improved triped may be used upon either ice or snow. The rider propels and guides the same just as he would any other IOO Velocipede. The devices that connect the runners of the triped with the frame thereof are so jointed, at their connecting points, as to allow the rear runners A to spread and the driving-Wheel H2 to descend until the sprockets H engage with the ice or snow over which the machine is to be propelled.

I claiml. In anice-triped, the combination of the following elements: the frame B B', the wheel H2 having driving sprockets H secured tothe half-round tire I-I thereof, the rear runners, the connectingq'ods C C', the sockets D, the rods E and the springs F, when all of said parts are constructed, arranged and connected substantially as and for the purpose specied.

2. In an ice-triped, the combination ot the following elements: the frame B B', the front runner I, the levers J J3, the handle-bar J5,

the connecting-arm J 6, the brake K, the arm K2, the lever K4, the connecting arms K6 K9, when all of said parts are constructed arranged and connected substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In au ice-triped, the combination of the following elements: the frame B B', the rear and front runners, the wheel [12, the connecting-rods C C', the sockets D, the rods E, the springs F, the levers J J3, the handle-bar J5, the connectingarm J G, the brake K, the arm K2, the lever K4, the connecting-arms K6 K9, when all of said parts are constructed arranged and connected substantially as and for the purpose specified.

EARL E. GOULD.

Witnesses:

L. L. MORRISON, NELLIE BUNKER. 

